"What was a life anyway? An accumulation of small shelves of incident."

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Colum McCann

#Incidents Quotes #Shelves Quotes #Accumulation Quotes

“I think what I'm doing is quintessentially American because I'm not American - even though I am on the verge of getting my American passport next week - I have a fantasy of what is American. Big spaces, Marlon Brando, James Dean, easy living.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Shoot the moon," Aurora says dreamily. "Would it bleed, do you think? I think it would. I think it would bleed...shooting stars.”

Source : Sara Ryan (2009). “Rules for Hearts”, p.92, Penguin
“If the old dog hadn't got distracted by the fire plug, he would have caught the rabbit.”
“It is said that all people who are happy have God within them.”
“The most fun is getting paid to learn things.”
“Why do musicians give so much time to charitable causes? The most humanitarian cause that we can give our time to is the creation and performance of music itself.”
“We need more extreme movies in Sweden.Personal projects that are necessarily made for a bigger audience. I think it creates a creative lock-up to have the audience as a goal.”
“The president Donald Trump took an important first step. Literally, we hadn't heard him speak in the way that he did, talking about that these threats are painful and that anti-Semitism is horrible. Of course we agree. But, as we have said for a long time, now we need the next step, which is a plan of action to calm these communities where anxiety has reached an incredibly high level.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org

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